Improved washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

GEORGE M. HEIM, OF BROWNSVILLE, INDIANA.

IMIPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 58,642, dated October 9, 1866.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE M. HEIM, of Brownsville, in the countyot' Union and State ot' Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Vashing-Maehine; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, sufficient to enable one skilled in the art to which the invention appertains to make use of it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure lis a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a central vertical transverse section, the washingmachine barrel in position. Fig. 3 is a transverse section ofthe churn-barrel. g

This machine consists of a barrel supported in a horizontal position upon a rod which is placed beneath it, and vibrated by means of a eonnectingrod and a crank upon the main shaft.

In the drawings, A are the feet, and B the standards ot' the frame. O is a rod, the ends attached to the frame and supporting the barrel D by lneans of the sockets on its lower edge, the rod forming the axis of oscillation of the barrel.

Supported upon one of the standards is the axis E of a liy-wheel, 1", to which is attached a handle, G. On the inner end of the axis is a crank, H, which, by mea-ns ot' the connecting-rod I and arm J, is attached to the barrel, so that the revolutions ofthe axis E will communicate an oscillating` motion to the barrel D.

The washing-machine barrel has a lining, K,

of woven galvanized wire to prevent rust, which is supported a little distance from the inside surface of the barrel, so as to permit the water to circulate around the screen which holds the clothes within it.

The clothes being placed in the barrel with a suicient quantity or" water and soap, the

axis E is rotated, and by the oscillating motion communicated to the barrel D the clothes are dashed from one side to the other of the screen, the water circulating` among, through, and around them.

The hopper L, which sets in the square hole in the upper surface of the barrel, may be removable; but for the uses of charging the barrel' with water and clothes the entrance afforded by the opening in the hopper is sut'ticient. This is closed by the door M.

The soapy water is drawn off by the faucet N beneath.

NVhen used as a churn the barrel P, without any wire-screen lining, is used for the reception ot' the milk or cream, the butter being removed at the upper opening and the buttermilk at the faucet below.

By means of this combined machine washing and churning may be performed at different times upon the same frame and with the same motor. Lconomy is thereby attained both in prime cost and the room occupied, adniittin g ot' the use of a washing-machine and churn in some households which otherwise would not be thus provided.

Having described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the supporting-frame A B, rod O, iiy-wheel F, crank H, connectingrod I, arm J, and barrel D, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The wire-screen lining K of the barrel D, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE M. HEIM. Witnesses:

M. H. SNYDER, WILLIAM H. STEVENS. 

